Energy absorber systems like metallic dampers for controlling the structural vibrations due to earthquake have witnessed considerable development in the past few decades. Also there are some studies on the energy absorption of thin-walled tubes due to impact load. Thin-walled tubes have a large deformation capacity and are suitable energy absorbers in the structure during an earthquake provided...

We have conducted a systematic survey for intervening OVI absorbers in available echelle spectra of 16 QSOs at zQSO = 0.17 − 0.57. These spectra were obtained using HST/STIS with the E140M grating. Our search uncovered a total of 27 foreground O VI absorbers with rest-frame absorption equivalent width Wr(1031) & 25 mÅ. Ten of these QSOs exhibit strong OVI absorbers in their vicinity. Our OVI su...

In the present work, the aqueous ammonia-based post-combustion CO2 capture (PCC) process is simulated using the rate-based model in Aspen Plus, by which the method of sizing column heights is revealed. The heights of the staged CO2 absorbers and the NH3 absorber are determined as 5 m, 6 m, and 6 m; in addition, the heights of the CO2 and NH3 strippers are 12 m and 6 m, respectively. It is well ...

Absorption of photons in a metal is varied up to the photon energy spectrum. For example, larger wavelength photons generally can be more easily absorbed when they pass through an absorber while shorter ones tend to penetrate. This spectral variation of photon energy absorption takes place angularly due to the angular variation of the synchrotron radiation power. In this note, the effects of ph...

A rigorous design using periodic silicon (Si) gratings as absorbers for solar cells in visible and near-infrared regions is numerically presented. The structure consists of a subwavelength Si grating layer on top of an Si substrate. Ranges of grating dimensions are preliminary considered satisfying simple and feasible fabrication techniques with an aspect ratio defined as the ratio of the grati...

Ca ii λλ3934, 3969 absorbers, which are likely to be a subset of damped Lyman α systems, are the most dusty quasar absorbers known, with an order of magnitude more extinction in E(B−V) than other absorption systems. There is also evidence that Ca ii absorbers trace galaxies with more ongoing star-formation than the average quasar absorber. Despite this, relatively little is known in detail abou...

Radiation absorbers have increasingly been attracting attention as crucial components for controllable thermal emission, energy harvesting, modulators, etc. However, it is still challenging to realize thin absorbers which can operate over a wide spectrum range. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate thin, broadband, polarization-insensitive and omnidirectional absorbers working in the ...

The front IR quadrupole absorbers (TAS) and the IR neutral particle absorbers (TAN) in the high luminosity insertions of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) each absorb approximately 1.8 TeV of forward collision products on average per pp interaction (~235W at design luminosity 10cms). This secondary particle flux can be exploited to provide a useful storage ring operations tool for optimization of...

Broadband electromagnetic wave absorbers are highly desirable in numerous applications such as solar-energy harvesting, thermo-photovoltaics, and photon detection. The aim to efficiently achieve ultrathin broadband absorbers with high-yield and low-cost fabrication process has long been pursued. Here, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a unique broadband plasmonic-metamater...